FDR: “our national defense is, in the light of the increasing armaments of other Nations, inadequate for purposes of national…”

I recommend that the Congress authorize the acceptance of the Constitution and the participation of the United States in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization.

We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.

We are absolutely un changed in our policy of two years ago, for immediate Filipino independence.

This year we give as well in necessity—necessity for our own.